Metallic railway-tie.



0.1. mmmoun. METALLIC RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIOATIOWIILBD JULY 27, 1907.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

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WJTNESSES G. P. HAMMOND,

I METALLIC RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 19074 Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

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* tion and also in CHARLES P. HAMMOND,

or AMEnIcUseEoncIA.

METALLIC RAILWAY-TIE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES P. HAM- MOND, of Americus, in the county of Sumter and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Railway-lies; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in metallic railway ties and means for securing rails thereto, and is designed more particularly as an improvement on the construction disclosed in my Patent 463,045 granted; to me Nov. 10th, 1891, and it consists in the parts and combination of parts and in the details of construction as will be more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in plan of a section of a tie showing a portion of a rail and the fastening means therefor. Fig. 2 is a view in section of same. Big. 3 shows the fastening clip in side elevaplan. Fig. 4 shows the wedge in end, plan and side elevations. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modified form. Fig. 6 is a view in side elevation of same and 1' igs. 7 and 8 are similar views of another modification.

1 represents a metal tie, which in the form shown in Fig. 1, is an I-beam, and 2 and 2 are the cli holders or guides of inverted U-shape, the ends of which are passed through the upper flange of the tie and are secured thereto by upsetting the ends as shown in Fig. 2. These holders or guides 2 i are provided with shoulders 3 which rest on the upper face of the tie and limit the penetration of the ends, and are arranged in pairs on opposite sides of the rail 4, the guides 2 being parallel with the rail and the guides 2, being arranged at an acute angle to the guides 2 sufiicient space being left between the guides of each pair for the introduction and free movement and adjustment of the Wedge 5.

Each clip 6 is provided with a beveled end 7 and a shoulder 8, the former of which is adapted to overlap the lower flange of the rail, while the shoulder 8 bears against the side edge of the lower flange and limits the movement ofthe clip toward the rail. The body of the clip snugly fits within the loo 2 and approximately fills the same, whi e the rear end of the clip is cut away on its un- Specificati-on of Letters Patent. Application filed July 27,

Patented Dec. 29, 1908. 1907. Serial No. 385,821.

derside for the passage of the wedge 5, the front straight 'face of the latter bearing against the shoulder 9.

The wedge 5 is warped or twisted both longitudinally and laterally as shown in. Fig. 4 and is provided with a straight edge, which as before explained bears against the shoulder 9 of the ch 6, and with a beveled edge conforming to t 1e angle of holder or guide 2 lug 2 throughout the lengths of the latter. This wedge is passed under the clip, between shoulder 9 and guide or holder 2, and is of a thickness to approximately fill the space between the clip and the tie 1, and by warping or twisting the wedge as above explained, the spring in the metal holds the wedge solaccidental displacement.

passed through the guides or holders and into contact with the flange of the rail. The wedges are then entered under the clips and driven home, and are retained against displacement by frictional contact assisted by the spring in the metal caused by the warps or twists in the flat plate metal wedges.

The construction shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is identical with that shown in Figs. 1 and 2 except that the guides or holders 2* and 2 are struck up from the tie, each struck up portion having an opening for the passage of the clip. With this construction the tie is preferably flat with or without downwardly and outwardly projecting inclined side flanges.

InrFigs. 7 and 8 I have dispensed with the Fig. 5, and provide the clip with a depending portion 10 which latter moves Within a slot in the face of the tie, and with lugs 11 projecting laterally from lower end of the depending portion 10 of the clip and bearing a ainst the under face of the tie, the rear end of the slot in which the part 11 moves being widened for the entrance of the laterally projeotin lugs on the clip. In this construction 1 have shown the guide or holder 2 struck up from the tie,. but it is evident that it may be made separate and secured. thereto as in Fig. 1. l

It is also evident that numerous slight changes might be made in the relativearrangeme t of parts shown and described without departing from the s irit and scope l of my invention hence I woul have it underso as to bear solidly against shoulder 9 and i To secure the rail in place the clips are idly in place and against the possibility of inner guides or holders 2 of Fig. 1, and 2 of tween the Wedge and the end of not wish to confine myself to X te clip having two shoulders on its under side, one of said shoulders adapted to engage the flange of a. rail, and a wedge passing under said clip and boerin g against the other shoul-- der of the letter and the oblique guiding and holding means through which the clip passes.

2. 'l he combination with e metal tie and a guiding end holding means disposed upon the seine obliquely to the side of the rail, of clip disposed upon the tie and passing tr ough the guiding and holding means, said clip having two shoulders on its under side, one of said shoulders adapted to engage the flange of it rail, e wedge passing under said clip and bearing against the other shoulder of the letter and the oblique guiding means through. which theclip passes, and guiding and holding means for the clip loo-sited bethe clip which engages the flange of the rail.

3. 'fllie combination with metal tie and guiding and holding meens disposed upon t e seine obliquely to theside of the rail, of s eh disposed upon the and passing through said guiding end holding means, said clip having two shoulders on its underside, one of said shoulders adapted to engage the flange of e'rail, eowedge passing under the slip and beeringegeinst the other shoulder l disposed upon the tie and passing through the guiding and holding means, said I of the letter and the oblique guiding and holding means through which the clip passes, and guiding and holding menus for the clip, projecting from the tie, between the wedges and the end of the clip which engages the flange of the rail.

4. The combinetion'with a metal tie and two guiding and holding means located st one side of the rail, the guiding and holding means adjacent to the rail being parallel with the letter and the other oblique to the rail, of a clip hevirg a shoulder and passing throi'gh both-of said guiding and holding and a wecge disposed between the two guidirg and holdirg means, pnssirg under the clip and bearing against :1, sho ider on the clip and against the oblique guii ing and holding means. l

5. 'lhe combination with a metal tie and two guiding and holding means located at one side of the rail, the one adjacent to the f rail being parallel thereto and the other obl lique, of a clip passing through both guiding and holding means and overlapping the flange .of the rail and having a shoulder adapted to bear against the edge of the rail, and e twisted or warped Wedge shaped plate passirg under the clip between the two guiding and holding means and bearing ingeinst t shoulder on the clip and the oblique guiding and holding moons.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES P. HAMMOND.

Vi i ,nesses: l W. ll. SAwYnn,

Geo. E. MORGAN.

means and overlapping the flange of the ruil 

